Linguistic intergroup bias in political communication

Journal of General Psychology

Volumn 133, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 237-255

  Anolli, Luigi ^a   Zurloni, Valentino ^a   Riva, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Causal attribution; Discourse analysis; Linguistic intergroup bias; Persuasion; Political communication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING; COMMUNICATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION; POLITICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; SOFTWARE; STEREOTYPING; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33748295558     PISSN: 00221309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3200/GENP.133.3.237-255     Document Type: Article

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